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The War in Europe

The War in Europe. Unit 6 Lesson 4. Objectives. Analyze a quote and relate it to the prior nights reading Identify how the German invasion of Poland led to war with Great Britain and France Describe the major events of the war in Europe. Warm up :.

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The War in Europe

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  1. The War in Europe Unit 6 Lesson 4

  2. Objectives • Analyze a quote and relate it to the prior nights reading • Identify how the German invasion of Poland led to war with Great Britain and France • Describe the major events of the war in Europe

  3. Warm up: • Who were the Axis Powers? What were the names of the leaders?

  4. Setting the Scene • Japan invades Manchuria • Mussolini takes Ethiopia • The Rhineland • The Anschluss

  5. Setting the Scene-Francisco Franco • Spanish Civil War 1936 • Franco’s Nationalists • Supported by GRM & ITL • Republicans • USSR • Military Dictatorship • 1939-1975

  6. Setting the Scene • Hitler: • Sudetenland • Occupies western half of Czechoslovakia • Mussolini • Albania • British and French • Appeasement- policy of granting concessions to potential enemies to maintain peace

  7. Invading Poland • FRA and GB agree to protect Poland March 31, 1939 • GRM & RUS • Nonaggression Pact 10 years • Sept 1, 1939 Hitler invades Poland • Sept 3, 1939 GB and FRA declare war on GRM

  8. Lightning War: Definitions • Panzer divisions = armored divisions • Blitzkreig= “lightning war”; air and land attack that took the enemy by surprise • Stuka- dive bombing warplane • Sitzkrieg= lull in fighting (“sit-down war”) • Luftwaffe= GRM airforce

  9. War in the West • Maginot Line= massive string of fortifications along FRA’s border w/ GRM • 2 problems- protected only part of FRA/GRM boarder • Guns pointed east twd GRM • Attack through Belgium?? • GRM Attack • April 1940 Denmark & Norway • May 10 Netherlands (5 days), Belgium (3 weeks), LUX (1 day) • Then set their sights on FRA

  10. War in the West • Dunkirk • GRM divide GB & FRA • British retreat • Fall of France • June 10 gov’t leaves Paris • June 14th GRM troops enter Paris • Vichy, FRA • Henri-Philippe Petain • Collaboration- close cooperation with GRM • FRA govt in GB • Resistance mvmts

  11. Battle of Britain • Relentless Attack • Aug-Sept 1940 • Bombings • Continued until May ‘41 • RAF vs Luftwaffe

  12. Setting the Scene • The Balkans • Operation Barbarossa • Leningrad

  13. Dec 7, 1941 Click Photo!

  14. “A date which will live in infamy” • Pearl Harbor (Oahu) • US Pacific Fleet – cripple & take Asia before we rebuild. • Dec 6, 1941 • Japanese cut off negotiations, FDR sends warning to Pacific commanders. • Dec 7th, 1941 7:55 – 9:45 AM • 20 ships (8 of 9 battleships), 200+ warplanes 2300+ dead, 1200 wounded http://youtu.be/Nt13c3olXkU

  15. Simulation • Hand out packets and review rules

  16. Closure • How did relations between Britain and Germany change between the Munich Conference and the invasion of Poland?

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